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  2. Fishplate - Wikipedia

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    A fishplate joins two lengths of track. A fishplate, splice bar or joint bar is a metal connecting plate used to bolt the ends of two rails into a continuous track. The name is derived from fish, a wooden reinforcement of a "built-up" ship's mast that helped round out its desired profile.

  3. Rail fastening system - Wikipedia

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    A rail fastening system is a means of fixing rails to railroad ties (North America) or sleepers (British Isles, Australasia, and Africa). The terms rail anchors, tie plates, chairs and track fasteners are used to refer to parts or all of a rail fastening system.

  4. Brétigny-sur-Orge train crash - Wikipedia

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    A steel fishplate connecting two rails came loose 200 metres (660 ft) from the station at a set of switches, and became stuck in them. The last axle of the third carriage is thought to be the first to have hit the fishplate.

  5. Railroad tie - Wikipedia

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    The fractional inch spacing at the fishplate corresponds to the thermal expansion gap allowed between the rail ends. 45-foot (13.72 m) rails – 1 ⁄ 4 in (6.4 mm) 60-foot (18.29 m) rails – 5 ⁄ 16 in (7.9 mm) Fastening rails to railroad ties

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  7. Junction (rail) - Wikipedia

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    A junction, in the context of rail transport, is a place at which two or more rail routes converge or diverge. This implies a physical connection between the tracks of the two routes (assuming they are of the same gauge), provided by points (US: switches) and signalling.